Action:Sharing Spirit to Heal our World

Benefits and Results

Spiritual Dividends for participants Efforts in sharing unity and soul add up to a better world and also pay off in other ways. Studies in giving and happiness show that:- You will have better relationships, both with yourself and others- You will achieve better habits and better health, including better emotional well- being; - You will handle challenges more effectively, both on your own and in your community;- You will be more satisfied with your work, career and interactions in the world.- You will feel more hopeful and optimistic towards the future.

Benefits and Results of these Methods and Movements

The signs of progress are more and more apparent, as seen here:

in the unprecedented efflorescence of individual initiative and collective action in support of community building activities;

in the enthusiasm of so many selfless souls in the prime of youth who are bringing immense vigor to this work, notably by tending to the spiritual education of younger generations

Collective Benefits are seen...

in the enhancement of the devotional character of the community through regular gatherings for worship;

in the ability of (the friends)... at the very grassroots of the community, to describe in eloquent terms their experience of a process capable of transforming character and shaping social existence;

in the readiness of institutions, agencies, and individuals to think in terms of process, to read their immediate reality and assess their resources in the places where they live, and to make plans on that basis;'

in the now familiar dynamic of study, consultation, action, and reflection that has cultivated an instinctive posture of learning

And there's more...

indeed,in the friends’ growing consciousness that their efforts to foster inner transformation,to widen the circle of unity, to collaborate with others in the field of service, to help populations take charge of their own spiritual, social, and economic development--and, through all such efforts, to bring aboutthe betterment of the world—express the very purpose of religion itself. "

How interesting, and how sad, that people have lost sight of this, that is, that... the betterment of the world was always meant to be "the very purpose of religion itself."